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Since the creation of the Public Works Department of the Municipality of the Greater Shanghai, we have felt the growing—inconvenlence in the municipal aff instance, when the drainage is made in the main street, the small openings for the drainage on both sides of the street for the houses are all blocked uj) $0 ax to create the nuise ance to the tenants, unless the charge of $25 la paid for connects the openinses to the main draine Eve the opening for ventilaon upon the proof of a house is forbidden, unless the charge of the same amount is paid up.
As we all understand, the public exist for the conv wunity not for the from the people. We hav ale paid the monthly contribution to the municipality and there is nw reason why every trifling affair such ax an opening for the Tight upon the roof of the house should entail contributing $25, We have never heard of such things in the International Settlement, Shanghai, The arana as such by the Public Works needs explanation, so that the people may know the exact nature of things in their manage: ment, Tam, ete.
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